Psalms 83
1 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee:
6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;
7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
9 Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison:
10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.
11 Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna:
12 Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession.
13 O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind.
14 As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire;
15 So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm.
16 Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD.
17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish:
18 That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth.
Study Helps
Glossary
- Edom Place v. 6
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Buseira.
- Moab Place v. 6
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Kerak.
- Amalek Place v. 7
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Ain el Qudeirat.
- Ammon Place v. 7
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Amman.
- Gebal Place v. 7
- A line (or natural boundary, as a mountain range). (1. ) A tract in the land of Edom south of the Dead Sea ( Ps. 83:7 ); now called Djebal. Modern identification: between the Dead Sea and Petra.
- Philistia Place v. 7
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Tel Ashkelon.
- Tyre Place v. 7
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Tyre.
- Asshur Place v. 8
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Assur.
- Jabin Person v. 9
- Discerner; the wise. (1. ) A king of Hazor, at the time of the entrance of Israel into Canaan.
- Kishon Place v. 9
- Biblical river. Modern identification: Kishon River.
- Midian Place v. 9
- Biblical region. Modern identification: Al Bad.
- Sisera Person v. 9
- (Egypt. Ses-Ra, “servant of Ra”). (1. ) The captain of Jabin’s army ( Judg. 4:2 ), which was routed and destroyed by the army of Barak on the plain of Esdraelon.
- En-dor Place v. 10
- Fountain of Dor; i. e., “of the age”, a place in the territory of Issachar ( Josh. 17:11 ) near the scene of the great victory which was gained by Deborah and Barak over Sisera and Jabin (comp. Ps. 83:9 , 10). Modern identification: Khirbet es Safsafa.